Beijing Boyce

A Somewhat Young China Hand on the Local Drinking Scene

The L’Igosso with the L’Imosto

I think of Café L’Igosso in two situations: 1) when considering where one might take a date and 2) as I whiz by it on the Second Ring Road overpass. Unfortunately, in the case of 1) that someone is usually a reader in a panic rather than me, while in the case of 2) I am usually going home for the night. Last Saturday as we left the China World Hotel, The Flash smartly suggested we walk over to L’Igosso.*

Nice call: we arrived at midnight, shared the place with a dozen people, and enjoyed our final drink of the evening. Café L’Igosso offers a decent selection of wine (markups look to be about 100 percent) and Whisky. Bourbon lovers will find IW Harper at 48 kuai per shot (the only other place I have seen this label is Ichikura) while Schnapps sippers can enjoy Schladerer and Kirschwasser (the latter translates into “cherry water”).

* The Flash is to be commended for thinking up this idea, and coherently transmitting it, given the amount of wine he had already consumed.

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  1. Donna November 19th, 2007 8:25 pm

    Actually, Cafe L’Igosso is located on the east Third Ring Road, not the Second Ring Road.

  2. admin November 21st, 2007 12:56 pm

    @ Donna,

    Thanks, I’m always getting those rings mixed up!

    Cheers, Boyce

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